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Location of Mähren within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Mayor | Volker Solbach |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 342 m (1122 ft) |
| Population | 243 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 153 /km2 (396 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 06435 |
| Website | www.wallmerod.de |
Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Westerburg. Mähren is a residential village and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
In 1508, Mähren had its first documentary mention as Mern.
The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Since 2007, Volker Solbach has been the mayor of Mähren. He took over from Josef Ortseifen.
Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 13 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.